IOWA ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS
3349 Southgate CT SW #108
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404-5424
www.simpson.edu/~iarp or Henry Wulff
515-276-8888 henrywulff@aol.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
06/03/03
State Passenger Rail Group to Tour Union Pacific Museum
in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs, Iowa)--The Iowa Association of Railroad
Passengers (IARP) will tour the Union Pacific Museum in Council Bluffs,
Iowa, as part of its summer meeting activities on Saturday, June 21,
2003. The day will begin with the 10:00 a.m. visit to the Museum,
which is located in the former Carnegie Library, 200 Pearl Street,
Council Bluffs.
Lunch will follow at the Veranda Buffet in the Ameristar
Casino, 2200 River Road, Council Bluffs, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
The IARP summer meeting will also be held at the Ameristar
Casino, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Topics at the meeting will include the
future of Amtrak's long distance trains, and the possibilities of
Iowa's participation in a Midwest Regional Rail system. IARP President
Henry Wulff stated, "New information on these topics was presented by
Amtrak Vice President Gil Mallery at a recent meeting in Chicago. I
look forward to sharing his comments with IARP members."
This will be Wulff's last meeting as IARP President. His
family will be relocating to Harlingen, Texas, where he hopes to
continue his advocacy for passenger rail. Wulff retired in March,
2002,as State Administrator for U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley. He also
served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1973 to 1977.
Wulff says the Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers is a
state-wide non-profit group that supports rail service, both passenger
and freight. Wulff also says the group meets at various locations
throughout the state. Previous recent meeting sites have included Mount
Pleasant, Des Moines, Osceola, Dubuque and Burlington.
The organization is affiliated with the National Association of
Railroad Passengers in Washington, D.C.
Membership information is available by writing to the Iowa
Association of Railroad Passengers, 3349 Southgate Court, SW, Suite
#108, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404-5424 or by calling (319) 362-6824 or
going to the group's website at
www.simpson.edu/~iarp.
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